Schwartz Eugene G Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st edition. 1st edition, 2006. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. 4to., 1212pp., bound in publishers blue cloth with blue dust jacket, $135.00. Minor signs of shelf wear only, text is unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xxxii, 1212 p, b/w illustrations, 29 cm tall, quarto. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine and front. Dust jacket shows slight rubbing on front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. xxxii, 1212, [4] pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Reference. Indexes (Names, Colleges and College Newspapers, Subjects, and Authors). Separate Synopsis ([4], 16, [4] pages laid in. The Synopsis is A summary of the organization of the book and a reader's guide to its thematic coverage and resources and where to find them. Dated inscription from the Editor on side of fep facing the half-title page. Produced by the USNSA Anthology Project. Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall Goodyear and CRM Books. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also CEO of Worthy Shorts, Inc. an online private press and publication service for professionals. The founding of the U.S. National Student Association (NSA) in September of 1947 was shaped by the immediate concerns and worldview of the GI Bill Generation of American Students, returning from a world at war to build a world at peace. The more than 90 living authors of this book, all of whom are of that generation, tell about NSA's formation and first five years. The book also provides a prologue reaching back into the 1930s and an epilogue going forward to the sixties and beyond. American Students Organize puts a human face on that pivotal time in American higher education-the time of the Cold War and the Red Scare, of desegregation, and, especially, of creative engagement by students in civic and world affairs. The anthology project recruited the book's authors, who, over a period of nine years, researched over 150 college archives, and corresponded with long-lost colleagues around the country. The resulting book offers a unique social history in a form not to be found elsewhere. Signed. …